London SW8

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SW8 is the London postal district for South Lambeth and Vauxhall in the London Borough of Lambeth. The post town for the postal district is LONDON.

As with all London postal districts, the boundaries do not match South Lambeth exactly and the postal district also includes parts of the London Borough of Wandsworth including the Nine Elms area and much of Battersea. The part of Battersea covered includes the Savona Estate, Patmore Estate, Battersea Power Station, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Battersea Park railway station and Queenstown Road (Battersea) railway station. The rest of Battersea is covered by the London SW11 postal district. The most notable part of SW8 is Patmore Estate, The Patmore is known as a crime ridden estate it gained notoriety in 2005 when a female police officer was kidnapped for three days, stabbed and robbed. After Patmore's crime rate became a real problem during the early parts of 2006 the police clamped down on the estate, arresting several drug dealers, arms dealers, thieves and a well documented gang leader with several gang members. Patmore's crime rate nevertheless has fallen sharply.